District Profile
This profile has been produced by the Strategic Needs Analysis Team. It contains key statistics and information about the district with comparisons to the county average.
For further information please contact Neil Dixon (Strategic Needs Analysis Manager) Neil.Dixon@gloucestershire.gov.uk or the Strategic Needs Analysis Team [email protected]
Figure 1: Gloucester City
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Page 2 Geography and Selected Facilities
Gloucester is one of six districts that make up the county of Gloucestershire. These districts can be divided into smaller geographies including electoral divisions; district council wards; and par- ishes.
There are 10 electoral divisions in Gloucester district. These include Abbey; Barnwood and Hucclecote; Barton and Tredworth; Coney Hill and Matson; Grange and Kingsway; Hempsted and Westgate; Kingsholm and Wotton; Longlevens; Quedgeley; and Tuffley.
The county is split into 142 district council wards. Gloucester is made up of 15 wards ,these are Abbey; Barnwood; Barton and Tredworth; Elmbridge; Grange; Hucclecote; Kingsholm and Wot- ton; Longlevens; Matson and Robinswood; Moreland; Podsmead; Quedgeley Fieldcourt; Quedgeley Severn; Vale; Tuffley; and Westgate.
The county is also referred to in terms of parishes and non-parish areas which are areas not cov- ered by civil parishes. Gloucester is covered by non parish areas and Quedgeley parish.
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Page 3 Summary
This summary gives an overview of key indicators for the district.
The rate compares what is happening in the district to the Gloucestershire 'norm' - a rate of 1 shows that the district is the same as the wider norm; a rate of 2 would show that it has double the norm; a rate of 0.5 would show that it has half of the wider norm.
Colour coding helps you identify possible issues affecting the district by making comparisons to other districts.
In most cases :
Red/Hot - indicates that the district is in the top 10% of districts in Gloucestershire
Amber/Warm - indicates that the district is in the next 25% of districts in Gloucestershire
Green/Cool - indicates that the district is in the remaining 65% of districts in Gloucestershire
Due to the nature of data some issues are most likely to occur when numbers are low. This type of indicator is written in italics and in these cases the colour coding refers to:
Red/Hot - indicates that the diistrict in the bottom 10% of districts in Gloucestershire
Amber/Warm - indicates that the district is in the next 25% of districts in Gloucestershire
Green/Cool - indicates that the district is in the remaining 65% of districts in Gloucestershire
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Rate Rate against against Hot or Population Number Healthy Living Number County norm County Warm? norm
Population (2011) 121,688 People who Aged 0 to 17 describe their 27,356 1.10 (2011) health as good/ 99,805 0.99 Warm very good Aged 18 to 64 (2011) 76,267 1.03 (2011) People with a Aged 65+ (2011) 18,065 0.80 long-term limiting illness 20,433 1.01 Warm or disability Rate (2011) Children and Proportio against Hot or Young People n of total County Warm? norm Rate against Hot or Economy Number Pupils County Warm? achieving norm Level 4+ 82.0 0.99 Warm Employment English & 58,990 1.00 Warm (2011) mathematics Unemployment (2012) 3,791 1.30 Hot (2011) Pupils achieving 5+ A*-C passes Rate 57.8 0.93 Warm Community against Hot or inc. GCSE Number Eng. & maths Safety County Warm? (2012) norm All Crimes 9,407 1.53 Hot Rate (2012/2013) Older People against Hot or and Provision Number Anti Social County Warm? Behaviour of Care 8,723 1.73 Hot norm Incidents Aged 65+ (2012/2013) Living Alone 5,685 0.86 Cool (2011) People who provide unpaid 12,124 0.95 Cool care (2011)
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Page 5 Population
In 2011 Gloucester had a population Figure 2: Age Structure of Gloucester of 121,688. Female Male The district’s population has in- creased by 11,803 people, or 10.7% 90 and over 85 to 89 since 2001. This increase was higher 80 to 84 75 to 79 than the Gloucestershire average of 70 to 74 65 to 69 5.7%. 60 to 64 The proportion of people aged under 55 to 59 50 to 54 18 and of working age was higher in 45 to 49 40 to 44 Gloucester than the county as a 35 to 39 30 to 34 whole. 25 to 29 The district has an under- 20 to 24 15 to 19 representation of people aged 65 10 to 14 5 to 9 and over compared to the county av- 0 to 4 erage. 6000 4000 2000 0 2000 4000 6000 10.9% of residents in Gloucester Number of people were from Black and Minority Ethnic Groups (BME). This represented 13,226 people. The proportion of BME residents was high- er than the countywide average of 4.6%. There were 50,363 households in Gloucester in 2011. The number of households has increased by 10% since 2001, representing an additional 4,598 households. This increase was higher than the Gloucestershire average of 7.1%. In Gloucester one person households occupied by someone aged 64 and under were the most common household type, representing 17.9% of total households.
Deprivation
The Indices of Deprivation are a national measure of deprivation and provide a means of comparing areas relative to one another. They are based on Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) geography. There are 74 LSOAs in Gloucester . According to the overall Index of Multiple Deprivation, 18 of Gloucester's LSOAs are amongst the most deprived 20% in England, while 19 are in the least deprived 20% in Eng- land. The Indices of Deprivation also provide a measure of deprivation for various themes includ- ing Income Deprivation Affecting Children and Income Deprivation Affecting Older People. 11 of Gloucester's LSOAs are amongst the most deprived 20% in England in terms of In- come Deprivation Affecting Children, while 10 are in the least deprived 20% in England. 13 of Gloucester's LSOAs are amongst the most deprived 20% in England in terms of In- come Deprivation Affecting Older People, while 17 are in the least deprived 20% in Eng- land .
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Page 6 Who Lives Here?
Acorn classifications use a range of data to give an indica- Figure 3: Acorn Classification of Gloucester tion of the most probable socio- economic conditions of resi- Gloucester County dents. 100 In Gloucester the largest pro- 90 portion of residents are classi- 80 fied as Comfortable Communi- 70 ties. 60 This means they are middle-of- 50 the-road Britain. Generally 40 owner occupiers of average 30 value properties with average 20 incomes and average levels of Percentage of population 10 educational qualifications. Em- 0 ployment is mixed, in profes- Affluent Rising Comfortable Financially Urban Not Private sional, managerial, clerical and Achievers Prosperity Communities Stretched Adversity Households skilled occupations. All life stages are represented. For further information and definitions of other categories please visit http://acorn.caci.co.uk/downloads/Acorn-User-guide.pdf
Children and Young People
According to the 2011 census there were 27,356 people in Gloucester that were aged 0 to 17. In 2012, 82% of pupils achieved Level 4 Key Stage 2 English and Maths. This was slightly lower than the county average of 82.9% of pupils. The proportion of pupils achieving level 4+ in English and Maths has increased by 9 per- centage points over the last 5 years. In the same year 57.8% of pupils achieved 5 GCSEs A*C grades including English and Maths. This was lower than the county average of 62.3% of pupils. The proportion of pupils achieving 5 GCSEs A*C grades including English and Maths has increased by 7.1 percentage points over the past 5 years. In April 2013 there were 207 16-18 year olds that were Not in Employment Education and Training (NEET) in Gloucester.
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Older People and Provision of Care
In 2011 there were 18,065 people in Gloucester aged 65 and over. There were 5,685 households occupied by a person aged 65+ living alone, which accounts for 11.3% of total households. This was lower than the county average of 13.2%. There were 12,124 people in Gloucester that provided unpaid care, this equates to 9.9% of the total population. This was slightly lower than the county average of 10.4%.
Healthy Living
In 2011 there were 99,805 people in Gloucester who described their general health as good or very good, this equates to 82.1% of the total population. This was slightly lower than the county average of 82.7% of the total population. There were 20,433 people in Gloucester with a long term health problem or disability that limited their day to day activities, this equates to 16.8% of the total population. This was very similar to the county average of 16.7%. The number of residents with a long term limiting illness or disability has increased by 10.3% since 2001.
Community Safety
There were 9,407 crimes in Gloucester in 2012/2013, this equates to a rate of 77.2 crimes per 1,000 people. This was higher than the county average of 50.6 crimes per 1,000 peo- ple. The number of crimes has decreased by 12.6% since the previous year. In 2012/2013 there were 8,723 police recorded incidents of anti-social behaviour, this equates to a rate of 71.5 incidents per 1,000 people. This was higher than the county aver- age of 41.4 incidents per 1,000 people. The number of anti-social behaviour incidents has decreased by 10.1% since the previous year.
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Economy
In 2011, 58,990 people or 66.3% Figure 4: Economic Activity in Gloucester of people aged 16-74 were in em- ployment (full or part time em- Gloucester County ployees and self employed). This 60 was very similar to the county av- 50 erage of 66.1%.
The number of people in employ- 40 74 year olds year 74olds ment has increased by 15.8% - since 2001. 30
In the same period there were 20 3,791 unemployed people, this
equates to 4.3% of people aged Percentage of 16 10 16-74. This was higher than the 0 county average of 3.3%. Employed: Employed: Self Employed Unemployed Full-time Economically The number of unemployed peo- Full-time Part-time student inactive * ple has increased by 43.3% since *includes people who are unable to or are not looking for work (e.g. retired, looking after a home/family, long term sick/disabled) 2001. The most common industry of employment in Gloucester was the wholesale and retail trade which employed 17.1% of people in employment. The wholesale and retail trade also accounted for the largest propor- tion of employment at county level, employing 15.4% of the total.
Housing Figure 5: Housing Tenure in Gloucester Gloucester County In 2011 Gloucester contained 100 52,722 residential dwellings. This 90 represented 19.6% of the coun- 80 ty’s total residential dwellings. 70 The number of dwellings has in- 60 creased by 12.7% since 2001. 50 In Gloucester 67.2% of properties 40 were owner occupied, which was 30 lower than the county average of 20 69.4% of properties. Percentage of households 10
0 Owner Occupied Shared Socially Rented Privately Rented Living rent free Ownership
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Page 9 Flooding
Estimates suggest 14% of land in Gloucester has a 1 in 100 (or greater) risk of flooding each year. There are approximately 2,280 addresses within this area, that would have a 1 in 100 (or greater) risk of flooding each year. Figure 6: Areas at risk of flood
Environment Agency (2012) Flood Map, Flood Zone 3.